Six police officers, including at least one officer, and not 7 as we wrote (one police officer was heard during the free hearing), were taken into police custody by investigators from the General Inspectorate of the national police (IGPN) this Monday morning. The police force acts within the framework of a letter rogatory delivered by an investigating judge of the judicial court of Bobigny (Seine-Saint-Denis). The magistrate is investigating suspicions of embezzlement, extortion and theft of seals.
According to our information, these police officers from the Security and Intervention Company (CSI), on duty in Seine-Saint-Denis but who depend on the Directorate of Local Security of the Paris agglomeration (DSPAP) of the prefecture of police, are suspected of having extorted money from delinquents, in particular drug traffickers.
Searches
Searches, with dogs specialized in the discovery of narcotic drugs, were carried out at the home of some of the police officers placed in police custody as well as at their workplace. The results of these home visits were unknown at this time.
Several judicial corruption cases marred the public security services of the police prefecture. In June 2019, the online media Les Jours had revealed that five BAC police officers from thee arrondissement of Paris had been indicted in an investigation into suspicions of racketeering against dealers in the Goutte-d’Or district.
CSI police custody cannot exceed 48 hours. They will then be brought before an investigating judge who will be able to examine them, place them under the status of assisted witness, or even release them without any charge being brought.
According to our information, not everyone is involved at the same level. If some have started to speak, others observe a certain silence. They remain presumed innocent.
“If misconduct were likely to be confirmed, they would call for sanctions. The Prefect of Police has decided to initiate a reflection on the reorganization of the police units of the ITUC to which the officials concerned belong, “said the Prefecture of Police.
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